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lost opportunity

NOUN

waste

Synonyms

STRONGEST

misuse

STRONG

decay desolation destruction devastation dilapidation dissipation disuse exhaustion expenditure extravagance fritter havoc improvidence lavishness loss misapplication overdoing prodigality ravage ruin squander squandering wastage wastefulness

WEAK

unthriftiness

Antonyms

STRONG

building construction creation development growth improvement

WEAK

hoarding possessions saving

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If you are dipping into your investments, you have already made peace with the lost opportunity of returns on the money you will withdraw.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Here is a lost opportunity of tragic scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

That doesn’t mean this wasn’t a lost opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

Mr Gilbert added the foundation was a "lost opportunity".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Booth struck the bar table with his fist and regretted a lost opportunity.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

lost opportunity

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